Feng Xing

The Patriarch of the Chen family was so angry that his seven orifices were filled with smoke.

He is old, already in his seventies, and looks trembling, but in fact he is physically strong, able to control the number of women at night (according to his own claim), and his glory has not diminished.

Everyone knows that he is greedy for money, but no one dares to say it to his face, even Jiang Fu, the general merchant, wants to show him some face, because he is the oldest among the patriarchs here, but now he has been publicly hurt by Jin Fu face.

"Jiang Fu, do you care about this matter or not?"

Jiang Fu's face was gloomy at the moment, and Patriarch Chen was clamoring for him to punish Huang Jinfu. Of course he wanted to punish him, even if it was for his own dignity, how could he punish him?

It is obvious that Huang Jinfu doesn't even pay the floating fee and apportionment now, and naturally he doesn't care about the annual bookkeeping of the Ganggun General Manager.

But in fact, Huang Jinfu was not the only one who was moved. There were several other families who had been watching from the sidelines just now. They naturally understood what Jiang Fu could understand.

Huang Jinfu's daring to walk away like this means that the benefits over there are big enough for him to give up his ancestral business, or that Huang Jinfu is sure that there will be success there, so he seeks another job so early. Either way, it's not good news for them.

I never paid attention to it before. Even if there is a big commotion in Huaibei, I think they are clowns and not worth mentioning. Maybe they should change their eyes and think about how to go next.

Patriarch Chen is still relentless, and the others have already excused themselves and left.

After leaving this heart hall, I looked back.

This hall has existed for nearly a hundred years, and every year they discuss various matters related to salt affairs here. The original vermilion lacquer has turned maroon over time. Although the Jiang family repairs it every year, on the basis of keeping it as it is, no matter how much it is repaired, it will be difficult to hide the vicissitudes of time.

It's like an old man whose youth has passed away, no matter how he whitewashes his peace, he can't hide his oldness.

Just as the others looked back subconsciously, Jiang Fu was also looking. What he looked at was not elsewhere, but the plaque hanging directly below the hall.

This plaque was hung up by his grandfather himself after he took the position of general merchant.

"Dazhong, do you think they are all tempted?"

Da Zhong, who had just sent Patriarch Chen away and returned, bent down and answered: "Master, they are grasshoppers after autumn, and they won't be able to jump for a long time. There are only a few salt fields in Huaibei, how much salt can they produce? Are you not unreasonable?" I know. The imperial court said to try, so let’s try, don’t look at those small merchants who make small troubles, if they really go to the two big merchants, the salt in Huaibei alone is not enough to make a fuss.

"When the time comes, will they sing or not? The court's airs have already been set up for not singing. If they sing, there is nothing to do. They can only reach out to Huainan. But here in Huainan, is anyone able to reach out? Don't look at their momentary complacency, it's just that no one thought that they would use Huaibei to make a knife, and if they really extended their hands to Huainan, then someone would take their claws off without the master doing anything."

Jiang Fu chuckled lightly: "You're right."

How can others not see the problems that Da Zhong can see, so even if his heart is moved, he still watches from afar.

At this moment, Huang Jinfu made trouble, and he even released the news that he was going to sell Huang's house.

It should be noted that this nest is different from ordinary things, and it is priceless in the market. Anyway, since the method of making salt is popular, I have never heard of anyone selling their own nests that can be passed down from generation to generation.

That's worthless money!

The top ten salt merchants in Yangzhou were able to lead the nest with their hands. It was a great fortune. At that time, the Great Zhou Dynasty was established, and a thousand wastes were waiting to be rejuvenated. The imperial treasury was empty, and there were frequent military incidents. Inheriting the salt affairs of the previous dynasty, Da Zhou took back the Yinwo in several places and re-sold them to powerful merchants, allowing them to be qualified to transport and sell salt in the local area.

Just because of the foresight of the owners of the several families, the several families became more and more prosperous. This is the root passed down from the ancestors, and it is also a hen that can lay eggs. Whoever is not regarded as life, and now someone is selling it outside.

The news caused an uproar in Yangzhou.

After confirming that Jin Jinfu was not just joking, in addition to scolding him for being a prodigal, countless salt merchants were ready to move.

Among them are a group of retail merchants attached to the Huang family, some salt merchants who belong to the top ten salt merchants with the same name as the Huang family, and some big merchants who have never made salt before, but have long been coveted.

Recently, the threshold of the Huang family has been broken, and Huang Jinfu finally gave a clear price.

This amount is a number that ordinary people can't even imagine in their entire lives. Even those big businessmen will be astonished. can see.

Jiang Fu had ordered someone to call Huang Jinfu to talk to him again and again, but Huang Jinfu ignored him. Instead, he had a heated fight with a big merchant, a big grain merchant, and a merchant with an invoice number. Jiang Fu was furious and simply ignored him, anyway, no matter whether he sold or not, as long as he wanted to make these two Huaiyan, he had to make a living under his hands, he didn't care whether his surname was Huang or Ma.

After half a month, a ticket dealer surnamed Chen entered the gate of Jiang's house, and Jiang Fu found out that Huang Jinfuzhen had sold the ancestral Yinwo.

According to the dealer surnamed Chen, Huang Jinfu was sold resolutely. Except for the 20% dry stock of the ticket number, the rest was cash. According to Huang Jinfu himself, he sold Yinwo because of disharmony with the Jiang family, but in fact Jiang Fu knew that there were other reasons besides discord.

For this reason, while he had a happy conversation with the ticket dealer surnamed Chen, a shadow was cast over his heart.

On the other side, after Huang Jinfu sold his ancestral Yinwo, he cried for a long time in the ancestral hall, and then came to Haizhou in a carriage to find Fang Fengsheng.

He brought Jiu Yiniang with him on this trip, but even Jiu Yiniang couldn't stop his mournful examination.

"I'm desperate, I'm ruined, I slept and dreamed last night, I dreamed that my father scolded me for being a prodigal, and even sold all the business passed down by my ancestors. In the dream, my father chased me with a feather duster , drove me all over the courtyard..."

Feng Sheng was sitting behind the big case, writing something at the desk, listening to Huang Jinfu's chattering in his ears, his heart was full of sighs.

Next to him, Jiu Yiniang was also full of embarrassment, fidgeting, and wanted to drag him down, but felt that he had to lose face in front of others, so he could only watch in such a dilemma as his face was lost at all.

Finally, when Huang Jinfu cried and wet another handkerchief, when Guan Jiuyiniang asked for the handkerchief, Jiuyiniang couldn't help it.

"Sit down for me!"

Then Jin Fu sat down.

After sitting down, he was still sobbing, not looking at his hill-like physique, it was really a bit pitiful.

Just as Jiu Yiniang was about to say something unreasonable to Feng Sheng, Feng Sheng suddenly stood up.

She went outside the door to ask someone to change the tea, and after the servants changed the tea for the three of them, she looked at Huang Jinfu and said, "Okay, Mr. Huang, don't pretend, this business is not good for you." Loss, you exchanged 20% of Long Risheng's dry stocks, which is no worse than doing salt business, and you can't finish eating the dividends in your life. Not to mention that the Huang family is already strong in the outside world, and Long Risheng will pay you money , it can be regarded as a solution to your urgent need, cashing out all the things that have troubled you for a long time, and it is a pity to discard them, what else are you dissatisfied with?"

Huang Jinfu didn't expect Feng Sheng to speak so clearly, and said a little uncomfortable: "Is it the same? Mine is forever, and relying on this thing, my Huang family can pass on a few more generations steadily. Now it is equivalent to changing out the guy who eats, and I don’t know what will happen in the future.”

"Even if you hold it, what's the use, maybe it won't be worth much after a while." Feng Sheng sipped the tea lightly, speaking calmly.

But it was precisely this attitude that made Huang Jinfu unable to see through the person in front of him.

He is just a master, but his hands and eyes are open to the sky, and his energy is greater than imagined. It seems that the mountain is not dewy, but the things that can be done are all major events that can cause one party to shake.

At least, outsiders thought that Fan Jinchuan presided over the reform of the Lianghuai salt administration. In fact, Huang Jinfu knew that more than 70% of them were written by this person.

And he is just a kid who hasn't even grown his hair yet.

"Then I don't care, Fang Fengfu, since you encouraged me to sell Yinwo, you have to be responsible!" As he said, Huang Jinfu played a trick.

Such a colossal figure was so shameless that it was really hard to see, Jiu Yiniang wanted to cover her face and drag him away.

Feng Sheng picked up a piece of paper, stood up and said: "Of course I don't know what to say, this is a document I invited from Mr. Fang, stamped with his seal, I will trouble Mr. Huang with the matter of the salt shop." Please. Please be diligent and try to make 'Yongyong Hundred Years' worthless as soon as possible."

Huang Jinfu was taken aback for a moment, then smiled, and after taking the document to read the content, he smiled even more happily: "What a way to make 'Yongyong Hundred Years' worthless! I like what Master Fang said, just rely on your words , I, Lao Huang, will have to work hard. Let them laugh at me for selling a nest, and I have to beg for a living in the future, let's see who begs!"

At the end of the story, Huang Jinfu gritted his teeth. As he spoke, he was swept away like a gust of wind, even Jiu Yiniang forgot.

"What are Auntie's plans in the future?" Feng Sheng asked Auntie Jiu while sending her out.

"If you have any plans, let's take a look around with him first. These years, I have always been trapped in Yangzhou for business, and now I can look around."

"There are different scenery in the north and south of the river. It is also good to be able to walk around and have a look."

When they got outside the door, Jiu Yiniang refused to let Feng Sheng send them off again, and everyone had already gone down the steps, she suddenly turned around and said, "Actually, he wasn't that sad, he was so excited the night he transferred the things out, he was so excited that he couldn't sleep all night .”

Feng Sheng didn't expect that Jiu Yiniang would take the initiative to reveal the truth about Huang Jinfu, and said with a smile: "In life, you always need some motivation to live a happier life."

"What you said is extremely true."

Seeing Jiu Yiniang's back disappearing out of sight, Feng Sheng shook her head with a smile and went back to the house.

They were all waiting for the salt in Huaibei to be sold out, but instead of waiting, what they saw was that ship after ship of salt was shipped from Huaibei and sold to the land leading to the shore.

Because Huaibei salt is cheap, it is very popular in Jiangsu, Anhui, Jiangxi, Hunan, Hubei, and Henan provinces. After all, the common people are afraid of trouble, and few people are willing to eat private salt if they can eat Shangguan salt.

Local small traders are also very fond of Huaibei salt. In the past, there was no clear distinction between official and private salt. During road inspections by the inspection department, it was very troublesome for them to explain the origin of the salt they sold. In the end, they could only end up with the benefits. . Over time, coupled with the high price of official salt, if it cannot be sold, it is better to sell privately.

Now that Huaibei salt tickets are not far away, they are not afraid of road inspections when they go to sell them everywhere, so they are naturally more willing to sell official salt.

At the same time, the Lianghuai Salt Transportation Department released news that it will set up salt shops in the places where they lead to the shore. At that time, the storage of salt stores is complete, and merchants from all over the country don't have to go to the salt fields anymore, and can only buy locally.

When the news was released, there was another uproar.

Time soon entered October, and at the same time as the grain and tax silver were escorted to Beijing, this year's salt tax silver was also escorted to Beijing at the same time.

However, this year's Lianghuai Salt Class is escorted separately, one batch in Huainan and one batch in Huaibei.

After an inventory by the Ministry of Household Affairs, Huainan salt was seriously unsalable, and this year's salt class was only 1.3 million taels, while Huaibei hit a record high of 3.2 million taels.

Last year, the salt lessons in Huaibei and Huaihe were only 3.5 million taels, and Huaibei’s contribution was almost negligible. This year, there was an extra one million taels. You can see the effectiveness of the new policy at a glance.

Jianping Emperor Long Yan Dayue greatly praised Fan Jinchuan who came to Beijing to report on his work with the salt class. At the same time, Fan Jinchuan also seriously elaborated on the current situation of the Lianghuai salt administration. The main sticking point is that there is a large backlog of salt quotations in Huainan, but there are no salt merchants to extract salt. What should be done with these accumulations? Can it be handed over to Huaibei to clean up part of it? If apportioned to Huaibei, how should Huainan deal with it?

After all, one place is one place, and one place is finished. Huainan and Huaibei are now separated into two places, each carrying out their own policies. Whether there are any disadvantages in the new policy needs to be tested, and they cannot be mixed together.

Emperor Jianping quickly gave the regulations for the solution. Since Huaibei salt is selling well and Huainan salt is unsalable, the backlog in Huainan will be transported to Huaibei to help him digest the accumulation. The quantity sold from Huaibei and even the salt class are accounted for by Huaibei, not Huainan.

After receiving the imperial decree, the first thing Fan Jinchuan did was to write to Feng Sheng in Haizhou to tell her the good news.

Originally, the major salt merchants and the salt officials in Huainan were still waiting for the Huaibei salt to be sold out, and they were in a cocoon. Now this situation is not only self-defeating, but they have to make wedding clothes for others, and they don't know what a surprise it will be for them to know this news.